I apologize for my blogging absence! It's kind of crazy how your regularly scheduled programming changes once you have a boyfriend and school starts back up. At any rate, a few weeks ago we decided to voyage into the great unknown otherwise known as going on a vacation together. Our bags were packed and our alarm was set for our 5:45 a.m. flight to Florida for his cousin's wedding. Well, sort of.
What I do remember is hearing the alarm, rolling over, and managing to mumble, "We're going to Florida today!" What I also remember is Hot Stuff saying, "We can leave at 4:15 at the latest." Well, I rolled over and the clock was flashing 4:19. Shit.
Long story short is we missed our flight, spent the day on standby to Dallas where we braved the ebola-filled air to miss yet another flight, got transferred to Tampa, and then rented a car to make the 2.5 hour drive to Fort Myers. Whew. At least we were able to pull over at one of the 143 Chili's located on I-75 to watch the Dodgers game, (obviously this smile is pre-loss, sigh).
Despite all the hassle, I do have to say that you learn a lot about your significant other when put in stressful situations like these. I laugh because while going through this entire day calling my mom and friends to update them of our status, everyone kept asking how Hot Stuff was handling the situation. "Things like this really tell you a lot about a person," they seemed to chant. Yeeeah...pretty sure they should've been asking how I was handling things as I was probably the person who required the most deep breaths. While talking to the gate agents I transformed into Kate McCallister a la this:
So I don't have an eight year old son that I left home alone, but I did quote that entire scene multiple times throughout the day.
Whereas Hot Stuff got us on a flight because a gate agent fell in love with this smile.
She literally asked what type of toothpaste he used. I really didn't care what he flashed her, I just wanted on the plane. It worked.
All in all it was a quick but fun trip. I learned to always set two alarms, to book the last flight of the night as opposed to the first flight of the morning, and that the TSA is very fast and efficient...just kidding. But what I will say is that I can officially cross missing a flight off my bucket list and thanks to the efforts of my calm and dapper comrade I lived to tell the tale.
